Clothes-pounder



(No Model.)

E. W. TUCKER s A. P. om.

oLoTHBs POUNDBR. No. 404,234.

Patented May 28, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS IV. TUCKER AND ASBURY I?. ORB, OF ARCADIA, INDIANA.

CLOTH ES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 404,234, dated May 28, 1889. Application filed January 26, 1889. Serial No. 297.743. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, ELIAS IV. TUCKER and AsBURY P. ORR, citizens of the United States, residing' at Arcadia, in the county of I-Iamilton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IVashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of our invention is to provide a pounder for washing clothes which will be simple and eiiicientin its working and cheaply manufactured. IVe attain this object bythe construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference i11- dicate corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the center of the pounder, and Fig. 3 is a bottom view. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken through the line of Fig. 3.

In washing-pounders of this class heretofore made it has generally been customary to construct the valve over the mouth of the tubes with a metallic spring, or to place a flexible strip of leather or other material over the opening, one en d only being attached. In these cases there has been experienced more or less annoyance and trouble, inasmuch as they soon become disarranged and thereby render the pounder inoperative, and owing to the peculiarity of their construction they cannot be readily replaced or repaired. To overcome these objections and still provide a complete and perfect working device is the aim of this invention.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the pounder, preferably of metal of conical shape, through the apex of which is extended a cylindrical tube, B, in which is adapted to be placed the handle. This tube is secured rigidly to the body. I-Iorizontally disposed in or near the center of the cone or body is a plate, C, its edges being placed in a groove, a, made in the walls of the cone, the edges of the plate being brazed or soldered therein.

Leading from points on the outside of the cone, on opposite sides of the tube B, are airtubes D, which incline downwardly toward each other through the walls of the cone, their lower ends meeting and entering an opening, c, in the center of the plate C. These tubes are rigidly secured in place, their inner faces at the lower ends extending laterally across the opening, the remaining portions being secured to the edges of the opening. The ends of the tubes thus occupy the space formed for the opening. Adjacent to the ends of the opening c are arranged clasps E, which are formed of single pieces of spring metal having their ends made fastto the under, face of the plate C and their central portions slightly raised. The inner edges of these clasps are indented or depressed, whereby the normal position of this part is near the plate, but owing t-o the resiliency of the metal can be raised by the insertion of a wedge or similar implementbetween the clasp and plate. These clasps are of greater length than the width of the opening c.

F represents a rubber strip, diaphragm, or valve formed of a straight rectangular strip of vulcanized rubber, the width of which is greater than the width of the opening c, over which it is placed. The ends of this rubber valve are placed in the clasps E, it being stretched tightly over the opening. The ends do not occupy the entire space within the clasp, it being narrower, thereby allowing room for the insertion of an implement to raise the clasp and adjust the rubber.

It will be seen by the above-described construction that the air is prevented from escaping from the pounder when it is forced down, but is allowed free access when it is raised, the rubber valve yielding and the air entering through the opening.

Vhen the rubber becomes worn or stretched, it can be readily replaced by another, or adjusted in a few moments by raising the depressed part of the clasps and freeing the ends.

I am aware that many minor changes in the construction and arrangement of the parts of our device can be made without in the least departing from the nature and principle of our invention.

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